You receive a call and the caller ID indicates that it is from your bank. You answer and are told that your account has been compromised. The person on the phone says that before they can proceed you need to verify your account number and security pin. What term best describes this type of social engineering attack?
Vishing, also known as voice phishing, is a social engineering attack that uses telephony to trick victims into divulging sensitive information. This method often involves spoofing the caller ID to appear as a legitimate entity, such as a bank or government agency, to gain the victim's trust. The other options are incorrect. Smishing is a similar attack conducted via SMS text messages. Phishing is the general category of this type of attack, which is most often associated with email, making vishing the more specific and correct term. Whaling is a phishing attack that specifically targets high-profile individuals like executives.
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